Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /spáθi/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spáθi/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spáθi/

Noun

σπάθη • ‎(spáthē) f ‎(genitive σπάθης); first declension

1. any broad blade, of wood or metal
   1. a flat wooden blade used by ancient weavers in their upright loom for striking the woof home
   2. a spaddle or spattle used for stirring, especially for medical purposes
   3. the paddle or blade of an oar
   4. the broad ribs
   5. the shoulder blade
   6. the broad blade of a sword
   7. a scraper for currying horses
   8. the stem of a palm-frond
   9. the spathe of the flower of many plants, especially palms

Inflection

Synonyms

• (paddle or blade of an oar): πλάτη ‎(plátē)

Descendants

• Latin: spatha (see there for further descendants)

References

• σπάθη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σπάθη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blade idem, page 81.
  • comb idem, page 144.
  • shuttle idem, page 772.
• LSJ
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill